The Irani Trophy was instituted by the BCCI to honour Z R Irani in appreciation of his services to Indian cricket.
Mr Irani was connected with the board in various roles from 1928 to 1970.
The idea was to pit the Ranji Trophy champions against a combined eleven from rest of India. It started in 1959-60 and was played at the end of the season.
After five years it was shifted to the beginning of next season. In 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65 and 1979-80 the trophy could not be played.
Winners
| Rest of India | 19 + 1* |
| Bombay | 14+ 1* |
| Karnataka | 4 |
| Delhi | 2 |
| Railways | 2 |
| Hyderabad | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1 |
| Haryana | 1 |
* Rest of India and Bombay shared the trophy in 1965-66
Highest team totals
| Total | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
| 737-7d | Rest of India | Bangalore | Bangalore | 1990-91 |
| 638 | Rest of India | Delhi | Delhi | 1992-93 |
| 637 | Rest of India | Delhi | Jodhpur | 1986-87 |
| 628-8d | Delhi | Rest of India | Delhi | 1980-81 |
Lowest team totals
| Total | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
| 83 | Rest of India | Bombay | Anantapur | 1963-64 |
| 91 | Karnataka | Rest of India | Bangalore | 1999-00 |
| 93 | Bombay | Rest of India | Bombay | 1997-98 |
| 96 | Rest of India | Bombay | Pune | 1996-70 |
| 99 | Bombay | Rest of India | Calcutta | 1966-67 |
| 99 | Rest of India | Bombay | Bombay | 1995-96 |
Highest individual innings
| Runs | Batsman | Teams | Venue | Season |
| 246 | Pravin Amre + | ROI v Ben | Bangalore | 1990-91 |
| 235* | Surender Amarnath | Del v ROI | Delhi | 1980-81 |
| 217 | Ravi Shastri | ROI v Ben | Bangalore | 1990-91 |
| 206 | P Sharma | ROI v Bom | Bombay | 1977-78 |
| 200* | Gundappa Viswanath | Kar v ROI | Pune | 1974-75 |
Most 100s in a career
| 100s | Batsman | Mts | 100s | Batsman | Mts |
| 4 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 9 | 2 | Pravin Amre | 4 |
| 4 | Gundappa Viswanath | 9 | 2 | G Bose | 4 |
| 3 | Sunil Gavaskar | 12 | 2 | Vinod Kambli | 5 |
| 2 | Polly Umrigar | 2 | 2 | Ravi Shastri | 6 |
| 2 | Rahul Dravid | 3 | 2 | VVS Laxman | 7 |
| 2 | R Sudhakar Rao | 3 | 2 | WV Raman | 8 |
Victims of 99
| Batsman | Teams | Venue | Season |
| Syed Kirmani + | Kar v ROI | Pune | 1974-75 |
| Yashpal Sharma | ROI v Kar | Bangalore | 1978-79 |
| VVS Laxman | ROI v Bom | Madras | 2003-04 |
Leading run-scorers
| Batsman | Runs | Mts | Avg |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 1001 | 9 | 77.00 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 779 | 9 | 59.92 |
| Ashok Mankad | 759 | 13 | 33.00 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 733 | 12 | 40.72 |
| Ajit Wadekar | 717 | 11 | 37.73 |
| VVS Laxman | 659 | 7 | 54.91 |
| Ravi Shastri | 609 | 6 | 67.66 |
| WV Raman | 578 | 8 | 48.16 |
| Wasim Jaffer | 529 | 7 | 40.69 |
| Pravin Amre | 503 | 4 | 83.83 |
Best innings bowling
| Figures | Bowler | Teams | Venue | Season |
| 9-70 | Murali Kartik + | ROI v Bom | Bombay | 2000-01 |
| 9-101 | Ravi Shastri + | Bom v ROI | Indore | 1981-82 |
| 8-48 | Baloo Gupte | Bom v ROI | Anantapur | 1963-64 |
| 8-71 | Sairaj Bahutule | Bom v ROI | Bombay | 1997-98 |
Best match bowling
| Figures | Bowler | Teams | Venue | Season |
| 13-138 | Anil Kumble + | ROI v Del | Delhi | 1992-93 |
| 13-143 | Murali Kartik + | ROI v Bom | Bombay | 2000-01 |
| 13-168 | Sairaj Bahutule | Bom v ROI | Bombay | 1997-98 |
| 12-204 | Gopal Sharma | ROI v Rlys | Madras | 1988-89 |
Leading wicket-takers
| Bowler | Wkts | Mts | Avg |
| P Shivalkar | 51 | 10 | 21.43 |
| B Chandrasekhar | 40 | 8 | 22.07 |
| Maninder Singh | 35 | 7 | 30.05 |
| Sairaj Bahutule | 34 | 5 | 20.08 |
| S Venkataraghavan | 34 | 8 | 22.88 |
| Anil Kumble | 28 | 4 | 18.82 |
| Kapil Dev | 28 | 7 | 23.64 |
| Murali Kartik | 27 | 5 | 18.25 |
| Ravi Shastri | 27 | 6 | 21.18 |
| Erapally Prasanna | 25 | 6 | 22.20 |
Most appearances
| Player | Mts |
| Ashok Mankad | 13 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 12 |
| Ajit Wadekar | 11 |
| Padmakar Shivalkar | 10 |
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